What is recorded here

Kilcroney is called a fairy fort because people believed fairies lived there, but the measured facts show a human ringfort with a broad earthen bank and a possible entrance at the east. It stands on a natural hillock, which means someone chose a visible place and built a boundary around it. The bank is worn now, yet the circle still fits the land like a mark made by repeated use.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (int. diam. 28.5m), situated on a natural hillock, enclosed by much-degraded earthen bank (Wth 4m, H c. 0.1m internally, c. 1.5m externally) now almost reduced to a scarp. Possible ancient entrance at ENE indicated by a slight depression in the scarp.

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